Gençlerbirligi
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Gençlerbirliği Spor Kulübü is a professional Turkish
football club located in the city of Ankara
, which is the capital of Turkey. Formed in 1923, Gençlerbirliği are nicknamed Ankara Rüzgârı (The Wind of Ankara). The club colours are black and red. They play their home matches at Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium
.Domestically, the club has won the Türkiye Kupası twice, in 1987 and 2001. The club also won the now-defunct Turkish Football Championship
(twice) and Ankara Football League
(ten times). Their greatest success continentally came in 2004. The club reached the fourth round of the UEFA Cup
before losing to eventual champions Valencia CF
.
, Ankara Erkek Lisesi (Sultani Mektebi). The students in question (Ramiz Eren, Mennan İz, Mazhar Atacanlı, Sait, Kenan, Nuri, Namık Katoğlu, Namık Ambarcıoğlu, Rıdvan Kırmacı, Hafi Araç, Ruhi, Sarı Ziya and Hakkı) had failed to be selected for their own school team, and asked one of their student friends, Asim, to talk with his father about setting up a football team for them to show how well they could play.
On March 14, 1923, Asim's father, the member of parliament from Muş Province
established the team for his son and his friends. Since all the members of the teams were students he chose the name 'Youth Union'. They elected Sarı Ziya's father Faik Bey as their first chairman.http://www.gencler.org/tarihce.php
Subsequently these young students wanted to play against the school team which had not selected them. Gençlerbirliği won the game, played at “Hamit tarlası”, 3–0. According to these young rebel players this victory forged the identity of their new team.
They won Ankara Football League
10 times between 1923-1959. They entered the Turkish National League in 1959 and played 12 seasons until relegation in 1969-70 season. They played in the second level until relegation to third level in 1978-79 season. They came back to second level after merging third level with second level after finishing 1979-80 season. They finished second from last in A Group of Second League, Sakaryaspor
won championship, and had to relegation to regional league. But, because of increasing teams of the second level, Gençlerbirliği was readmitted. Gençlerbirliği won D Group of it in 1982-83 season and returned to the top-flight after 13 years. They relegated again in 1987-88 season. Finally, Gençlerbirliği returned to the top-flight in 1988-89 season, in first return attempt. Gençlerbirliği's the most successful seasons were 1965-66 and 2002-2003. They had 3rd in these seasons.
and games between the clubs are considered as the "Derby of the Capital".
and Africa
. For example Geremi was scouted and raised by the club, transferred to Real Madrid
and later Chelsea
. Another of Gençlerbirliği's young stars Promise Isaac
received the 2005–2006 Turkcell Super League
Individual Youth player of the year award.
Gençlerbirliği's state-of-the-art youth academy is in Beştepe, Ankara
with 50 acres (202,343 m²) of training facilities (Beştepe İlhan Cavcav Tesisleri).
Gençlerbirligi has been run by the current president İlhan Cavcav
since 1977. With Cavcav's help, Gençlerbirliği have become one of the more stable clubs in Turkey. This has been achieved mainly through the departure of the most talented players every season to the other clubs in Turkey. Departing players are usually replaced with much cheaper imports from Turkey
, Europe
or Africa
.
:
UEFA Cup
/UEFA Europa League:
UEFA Intertoto Cup
:
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!Position
!Staff
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|Head Coach||
Fuat Çapa
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|Assistant Coach||
Eric Hellemons
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|Assistant Coach|| Bülent Kayıtken
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|Goalkeeping Coach|| Ümit Levent Zorluer
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|Analyst|| Hüseyin Özkamçı
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|A2 Team Head Coach|| Tarık Daşgün
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|A2 Team Assistant Coach|| Aykın Demir
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!Position
!Staff
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|U-18 Team Head Coach|| Veyis Kanber
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|U-18 Team Assistant Coach|| Ahmet Zorlu
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|U-17 Team Head Coach|| Niyazi Güney
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|U-16 Team Head Coach|| Düzgün Canpolat
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|U-15 Team Head Coach|| Yücel Koçak
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|U-14 Team Head Coach|| Tuncay Mocan
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|Youth Academy Goalkeeping Coach|| Mustafa Gedik
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{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Winner
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|2004|| Ali Tandoğan
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|2005|| Erkan Özbey
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|2006||
Lars Fredrik Risp
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|2007|| Erkan Özbey
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|2008|| Burhan Eşer
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|2009|| Mehmet Nas
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|2010|| Hurşut Meriç
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|2011|| Oktay Delibalta
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!Player
!Caps
!Period
|-
|1
|align="left"| Tevfik Kutlay
|341
|1959–72
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|2
|align="left"| Selçuk Çakmaklı
|335
|1959–72
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|3
|align="left"| Avni Okumuş
|317
|1983–93
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|4
|align="left"| Zeynel Soyuer
|290
|1959–70
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|5
|align="left"| Metin Diyadin
|286
|1988–98
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|6
|align="left"| Nihat Baştürk
|279
|1994–04
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|7
|align="left"| Okan Gedikali
|274
|1981–91
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|8
|align="left"| Orhan Yüksel
|235
|1975–84
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|9
|align="left"| Cemalettin Sakallıoğlu
|235
|1993–01
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|10
|align="left"| Mehmet Şimşek
|233
|1959–66
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!Player
!Goals (Caps)
!Period
|-
|1
|style="text-align:left;"|
Andre Kona N'Gole
|73 (147)
|1993–01
|-
|2
|style="text-align:left;"| Avni Okumuş
|72 (317)
|1983–93
|-
|3
|style="text-align:left;"| Orhan Yüksel
|70 (235)
|1959–66
|-
|4
|style="text-align:left;"| Ümit Karan
|60 (150)
|1997–01
|-
|5
|style="text-align:left;"|
Souleymane Youla
|56 (134)
|2001–05
|-
|6
|style="text-align:left;"| Muammer Nurlu
|48 (150)
|1983–89
|-
|7
|style="text-align:left;"| Zeynel Soyuer
|48 (290)
|1959–70
|-
|8
|style="text-align:left;"| Abdullah Çevrim
|47 (154)
|1961–66
|-
|9
|style="text-align:left;"| Asım Gündüz
|46 (124)
|1972–78
|-
|10
|style="text-align:left;"| Tevfik Kutlay
|43 (341)
|1959–72
(1982–83) Tınaz Tırpan
(1983–85) Erkan Kural (1985–86) Metin Türel
(1986–87) Hüsnü Macurni (1987) Tınaz Tırpan
(1987–88) Kadri Aytaç
(1988) İbrahim Aydın (1988) Teoman Yamanlar (1988) Erkan Kural (1988–89) Gündüz Tekin Onay
(1989–90) Metin Türel
(1990) Jozef Jarabinský
(1990–91) Aldoğan Argon (1991–92) Battal Tokyay (1992) Valeri Nepomniachi (1992–93) Gurban Berdiýew (1993–94) Augusto Palacios (1994) Zafer Göncüler (1994–95) Metin Türel
(1995) Georges Heylens
(1995–96) Metin Türel
(1996) Sadi Tekelioğlu (1996–97) Teoman Yamanlar (1997) Luka Peruzovic (1997) Yılmaz Vural
(1997–98) Karol Pecze
(1998–00) Samet Aybaba
(2000–01) Hasan Gül (2001) Walter Meeuws
(2001) Erdoğan Arıca
(2001–02) Ersun Yanal
(2002–04)
Erdoğan Arıca
(2004) Oğuz Çetin
(2004) Ziya Doğan
(2004–05) Mesut Bakkal
(2005–07) Fuat Çapa
(2007) Reinhard Stumpf
(2007) Bülent Korkmaz
(2007–08) Mesut Bakkal
(2008) Samet Aybaba
(2008–09) Thomas Doll
(2009–10) Ralf Zumdick
(2010–2011) Fuat Çapa
(2011–present)
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!rowspan="1"|Name
!rowspan="1"|Years
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|align=left|Münif Kemal Ak
|align=left|1923–36
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|align=left|Saffet Gürol
|align=left|1936–43
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|align=left|Namık Ambarlıoğlu
|align=left|1943–44
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|align=left|Fevzi Magat
|align=left|1944–46
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|align=left|Namık Katoğlu
|align=left|1947–48
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|align=left|Yusuf Bahri
|align=left|1948–49
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|align=left|Orhan Şeref Apak
|align=left|1949–50
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|align=left|Reşat Taşer
|align=left|1950–52
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|}
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="1"|Name
!rowspan="1"|Years
|-
|align=left|Nuri Togay
|align=left|1952–55
|-
|align=left|Mümtaz Tarhan
|align=left|1955–57
|-
|align=left|Ahmet Salih Korur
|align=left|1957–58
|-
|align=left|Orhan Şeref Apak
|align=left|1958–61
|-
|align=left|Turhan Ogan
|align=left|1961–63
|-
|align=left|İbrahim Sıtkı Hatipoğlu
|align=left|1964–65
|-
|align=left|Muslihittin Yılmaz Mete
|align=left|1965–66
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|align=left|İsmet Sezgin
|align=left|1966–67
|-
|}
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
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!rowspan="1"|Name
!rowspan="1"|Years
|-
|align=left|Hadi Özbay
|align=left|1967–68
|-
|align=left|Necip Türegen
|align=left|1968–69
|-
|align=left|Mehmet Ali Tuzcuoğlu
|align=left|1969–70
|-
|align=left|Adil Evrensel
|align=left|1970–72
|-
|align=left|Sezai Diblan
|align=left|1972–74
|-
|align=left|Hasan Şengel
|align=left|1976–77
|-
|align=left|İlhan Cavcav
|align=left|1977–
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Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
football club located in the city of Ankara
Ankara
Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul. The city has a mean elevation of , and as of 2010 the metropolitan area in the entire Ankara Province had a population of 4.4 million....
, which is the capital of Turkey. Formed in 1923, Gençlerbirliği are nicknamed Ankara Rüzgârı (The Wind of Ankara). The club colours are black and red. They play their home matches at Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium
Ankara 19 Mayis Stadium
Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium is the home venue for three of Ankara's Süper Lig football clubs: Ankaragücü, Gençlerbirliği and Hacettepe. It was built in 1935 and is part of the 19 Mayıs Sports Complex, which is located in the Ulus district. The stadium has a capacity of 19,209...
.Domestically, the club has won the Türkiye Kupası twice, in 1987 and 2001. The club also won the now-defunct Turkish Football Championship
Turkish Football Championship
The Amatör Futbol Şampiyonası was an inter-city football championship between teams from Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir in Turkey. It was created by Türkiye İdman Cemiyetleri İttifakı in 1924. The first competition was in 1924 but was held for the following two years. Then the competition was not held...
(twice) and Ankara Football League
Ankara Football League
Ankara Football League was founded as regional league for Ankara based clubs in 1922.The name of the league changed later and became Ankara Professional Football League in 1954-55 season.Gençlerbirliği hold the record with 10 titles.-Champions:...
(ten times). Their greatest success continentally came in 2004. The club reached the fourth round of the UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
before losing to eventual champions Valencia CF
Valencia CF
Valencia Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club based in Valencia, Spain. They play in La Liga and are one of the most successful and biggest clubs in Spanish Football and European Football. Valencia have won six La Liga titles, seven Copa del Rey trophies, two Fairs Cups which was the...
.
History
Gençlerbirliği was founded in a slightly different way to many other football clubs, having been established by students from the high schoolHigh school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
, Ankara Erkek Lisesi (Sultani Mektebi). The students in question (Ramiz Eren, Mennan İz, Mazhar Atacanlı, Sait, Kenan, Nuri, Namık Katoğlu, Namık Ambarcıoğlu, Rıdvan Kırmacı, Hafi Araç, Ruhi, Sarı Ziya and Hakkı) had failed to be selected for their own school team, and asked one of their student friends, Asim, to talk with his father about setting up a football team for them to show how well they could play.
On March 14, 1923, Asim's father, the member of parliament from Muş Province
Mus Province
Muş Province is a province in eastern Turkey. It is 8,196 km² in area, and has a population of 406,886 . The population was 453,654 in 2000. The provincial capital is the city of Muş...
established the team for his son and his friends. Since all the members of the teams were students he chose the name 'Youth Union'. They elected Sarı Ziya's father Faik Bey as their first chairman.http://www.gencler.org/tarihce.php
Subsequently these young students wanted to play against the school team which had not selected them. Gençlerbirliği won the game, played at “Hamit tarlası”, 3–0. According to these young rebel players this victory forged the identity of their new team.
They won Ankara Football League
Ankara Football League
Ankara Football League was founded as regional league for Ankara based clubs in 1922.The name of the league changed later and became Ankara Professional Football League in 1954-55 season.Gençlerbirliği hold the record with 10 titles.-Champions:...
10 times between 1923-1959. They entered the Turkish National League in 1959 and played 12 seasons until relegation in 1969-70 season. They played in the second level until relegation to third level in 1978-79 season. They came back to second level after merging third level with second level after finishing 1979-80 season. They finished second from last in A Group of Second League, Sakaryaspor
Sakaryaspor
Sakaryaspor is a Turkish football club, formed in 1965 after the merger Yıldırımspor, Idmanyurdu, Güneşspor and Ada Gençlik....
won championship, and had to relegation to regional league. But, because of increasing teams of the second level, Gençlerbirliği was readmitted. Gençlerbirliği won D Group of it in 1982-83 season and returned to the top-flight after 13 years. They relegated again in 1987-88 season. Finally, Gençlerbirliği returned to the top-flight in 1988-89 season, in first return attempt. Gençlerbirliği's the most successful seasons were 1965-66 and 2002-2003. They had 3rd in these seasons.
Colors
There are two rumors about how Gençlerbirliği got its team colors, black and red:- The young students went to a local haberdashers and the only available colors were black and red. They purchased these colors to sew their own kit. http://www.turkish-football.com/team_profile.php?teamID=60
- The outskirts of AnkaraAnkaraAnkara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul. The city has a mean elevation of , and as of 2010 the metropolitan area in the entire Ankara Province had a population of 4.4 million....
during spring time sees plenty of PoppyPoppyA poppy is one of a group of a flowering plants in the poppy family, many of which are grown in gardens for their colorful flowers. Poppies are sometimes used for symbolic reasons, such as in remembrance of soldiers who have died during wartime....
flowers (Gelincik) blooming and Gençlerbirliği selected the red and black of this flower for its colors. Gençlerbirliği merchandise in its store is usually called Gelincik by its supporters.
Rivalry
Gençlerbirliği's arch-rival is the neighbouring club AnkaragücüAnkaragücü
MKE Ankaragücü is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Ankara. The club wears a yellow and navy kit and play their home matches at Ankara 19 Mayis....
and games between the clubs are considered as the "Derby of the Capital".
Youth Academy and Scouting
Gençlerbirliği has always been one of the teams in Turkey most notable for its talented young footballers that it procures through scouting both in Turkey and throughout EuropeEurope
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
. For example Geremi was scouted and raised by the club, transferred to Real Madrid
Real Madrid
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...
and later Chelsea
Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...
. Another of Gençlerbirliği's young stars Promise Isaac
Promise Isaac
Isaac Promise is a Nigerian football player, who currently plays for Turkish team Manisaspor as a striker.- Club career :When young, Promise went on trials with Nigerian second division side Grays International...
received the 2005–2006 Turkcell Super League
Turkcell Super League
The Süper Lig is a Turkish professional league for association football clubs. It is the top-flight of the Turkish football league system. It is one of the top leagues in the UEFA confederation and the winner of the competition automatically qualifies for the UEFA Champions League...
Individual Youth player of the year award.
Gençlerbirliği's state-of-the-art youth academy is in Beştepe, Ankara
Ankara
Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul. The city has a mean elevation of , and as of 2010 the metropolitan area in the entire Ankara Province had a population of 4.4 million....
with 50 acres (202,343 m²) of training facilities (Beştepe İlhan Cavcav Tesisleri).
Gençlerbirligi has been run by the current president İlhan Cavcav
Ilhan Cavcav
İlhan Cavcav is the Chairman of Gençlerbirliği Football club in Ankara, Turkey.-Personal life:Cavcav was born on October 4, 1935 in Hamamönü, Ankara Turkey. His father Haşim had 2 wives and 17 children. He owned a flour mill in Mamak and a small bakery shop...
since 1977. With Cavcav's help, Gençlerbirliği have become one of the more stable clubs in Turkey. This has been achieved mainly through the departure of the most talented players every season to the other clubs in Turkey. Departing players are usually replaced with much cheaper imports from Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
, Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
or Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
.
Honours
- Turkish Football ChampionshipTurkish Football ChampionshipThe Amatör Futbol Şampiyonası was an inter-city football championship between teams from Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir in Turkey. It was created by Türkiye İdman Cemiyetleri İttifakı in 1924. The first competition was in 1924 but was held for the following two years. Then the competition was not held...
:- Winners (2): 1941, 1946
- Runners-up (1): 1951
- Turkish Cup:
- Winners (2): 1987, 2001
- Runners-up (3): 2003, 2004, 2008
- Ankara Football LeagueAnkara Football LeagueAnkara Football League was founded as regional league for Ankara based clubs in 1922.The name of the league changed later and became Ankara Professional Football League in 1954-55 season.Gençlerbirliği hold the record with 10 titles.-Champions:...
:- Winners (10): 1929–30, 1930–31, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1934–35, 1939–40, 1940–41, 1945–46, 1949–50, 1950–51
- Runners-up (7): 1925–26, 1926–27, 1928–1929, 1933–34, 1936–37, 1942–43, 1947–48
European Participations
UEFA Cup Winners' CupUEFA Cup Winners' Cup
The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions. The cup is one of the many inter-European club competitions that have been organised by UEFA. The first competition was held in the 1960–61 season—but...
:
| Season | Round | Country | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987-88 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1987-88 The season 1987-88 of the European Cup Winners' Cup finished with a shock victory by KV Mechelen in the final against defending champions Ajax. It was their first ever European campaign and their only European title, and although they won the Belgian league the next season financial problems meant... |
1R |  |
Dinamo Minsk | 1-2 | 0-2 | 1-4 |
UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
/UEFA Europa League:
| Season | Round | Country | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-02 | 1R | |
Halmstad Halmstads BK Halmstads Bollklubb, also called HBK or just Halmstad, is a Swedish football club located in Halmstad in the southwest of Sweden. The club, formed 6 March 1914, competes in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan, and has won 4 national championship titles and 1 national cup title... |
1-1 | 0–1 | 1-2 |
| 2003-04 | 1R |  |
Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Rovers F.C. Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football.... |
3-1 | 1–1 | 4-2 |
| 2R |  |
Sporting CP | 1-1 | 3–0 | 4-1 | |
| 3R |  |
Parma Parma F.C. Parma Football Club , commonly referred to as just Parma, is an Italian professional football club based in Parma, Emilia–Romagna that will compete in Serie A for the 2011–12 season, having finished in twelfth position last season. Founded as Verdi Foot Ball Club in July 1913, the club changed its... |
3-0 | 1–0 | 4-0 | |
| 4R |  |
Valencia Valencia CF Valencia Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club based in Valencia, Spain. They play in La Liga and are one of the most successful and biggest clubs in Spanish Football and European Football. Valencia have won six La Liga titles, seven Copa del Rey trophies, two Fairs Cups which was the... |
1-0 | 0–2 (aet) | 1-2 | |
| 2004-05 | Q2 |  |
Rijeka NK Rijeka HNK Rijeka is a Croatian football club, from Rijeka on the Croatian coast.-History:The club was founded as NK Kvarner in 1946, after Rijeka passed from Italy to Yugoslavia following the end of World War II. During its early period in Yugoslavia, the club had moderate success in various Yugoslav... |
1-0 | 1–2 | 2-2 (ag) |
| 1R |  |
Egaleo Egaleo FC Egaleo F.C. is a Greek football club based in Egaleo, a suburb of Athens. Founded in 1931, it currently plays in Greece's fourth division, holding home matches at Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium, with a 14,000-seat capacity.... |
1-1 | 0–1 | 1-2 |
UEFA Intertoto Cup
UEFA Intertoto Cup
The UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued...
:
| Season | Round | Country | Club | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | GS |  |
Hapoel Petah Tikva | 4-0 | |
| GS |  |
Strasbourg RC Strasbourg Racing Club de Strasbourg is a French association football club founded in 1906 and professional since 1933, based in the city of Strasbourg, in Alsace... |
1–4 | ||
| GS |  |
Floriana | 3-0 | ||
| GS |  |
Tirol Innsbruck FC Tirol Innsbruck FC Tirol Innsbruck was an Austrian association footballclub from Innsbruck, Tyrol which existed between 1993 and 2002, when bankruptcy was declared.... |
2-3 |
Current Squad
Coaching Staff
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!Position
!Staff
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|Head Coach||
Fuat ÇapaFuat Capa
Fuat Çapa is a Belgian-Turkish football manager.Çapa coached in Belgium before moving on to Turkey. His career in Belgium spanned four years as he held positions with K.V. Turnhout, K. Patro Maasmechelen, K. Beringen-Heusden-Zolder, Verbroedering Geel, and most recently VW Hamme...
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|Assistant Coach||
Eric HellemonsEric Hellemons
Eric Hellemons is a Dutch former footballer and current football coach.Hellemons played in the youth at SC Kruisland before he arrived at RBC. Between 1988 and 2005 he played 358 matches in the first team and is the player with the highest number of games played on behalf of RBC Roosendaal...
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|Assistant Coach||
Bülent Kayıtken|-
|Goalkeeping Coach||
Ümit Levent Zorluer|-
|Analyst||
Hüseyin Özkamçı|-
|A2 Team Head Coach||
Tarık DaşgünTarik Dasgün
Tarık Daşgün is a retired Turkish professional footballer who played for several clubs in Turkey and the Turkey national football team.-Club career:...
|-
|A2 Team Assistant Coach||
Aykın Demir|}
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!Position
!Staff
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|U-18 Team Head Coach||
Veyis Kanber|-
|U-18 Team Assistant Coach||
Ahmet Zorlu|-
|U-17 Team Head Coach||
Niyazi Güney|-
|U-16 Team Head Coach||
Düzgün Canpolat|-
|U-15 Team Head Coach||
Yücel Koçak|-
|U-14 Team Head Coach||
Tuncay Mocan|-
|Youth Academy Goalkeeping Coach||
Mustafa Gedik|-
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Player of the Year
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{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Winner
|-
|2004||
Ali TandoğanAli Tandogan
Ali Tandoğan is a Turkish footballer. He currently plays for the club Antalyaspor.He is the former player of Denizlispor and Gençlerbirligi, in his present club he plays as a full back and also attacking right winger...
|-
|2005||
Erkan ÖzbeyErkan Özbey
Erkan Özbey is a Turkish football player. He currently plays defender for Gençlerbirliği in the Turkcell Super League.He won the "Fans' Player of the Year Award" in Gençlerbirliği S.K., in the year 2005 & 2007....
|-
|2006||
Lars Fredrik RispLars Fredrik Risp
Lars Fredrik Risp is a Swedish professional footballer who currently plays for Bulgarian A PFG side Levski Sofia.-IFK Göteborg:...
|-
|2007||
Erkan ÖzbeyErkan Özbey
Erkan Özbey is a Turkish football player. He currently plays defender for Gençlerbirliği in the Turkcell Super League.He won the "Fans' Player of the Year Award" in Gençlerbirliği S.K., in the year 2005 & 2007....
|-
|2008||
Burhan EşerBurhan Eser
Burhan Eşer is a Turkish footballer. He currently plays as a midfielder for Eskişehirspor in the Turkcell Super League.He won the "Fans' Player of the Year Award" in Gençlerbirliği S.K., in the year 2006....
|-
|2009||
Mehmet NasMehmet Nas
Mehmet Nas is a Turkish professional footballer. He currently plays as a midfielder for Sivasspor in the Süper Lig.-Club career:...
|-
|2010||
Hurşut MeriçHursut Meric
Hursut Meric is a Dutch professional footballer who currently plays for Gençlerbirliği. Meric plays primarily as a left winger, but he can also play as a right winger and as a striker. He also holds Turkish nationality.-Career:...
|-
|2011||
Oktay DelibaltaOktay Delibalta
Oktay Delibalta is a Turkish footballer. He currently plays as a midfielder for Gençlerbirliği in the Turkcell Super League.In 2011, Delibalta won the "Fans' Player of the Year Award" in Gençlerbirliği S.K.....
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Most Capped Players
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;"|-
!
!Player
!Caps
!Period
|-
|1
|align="left"|
Tevfik Kutlay|341
|1959–72
|-
|2
|align="left"|
Selçuk Çakmaklı|335
|1959–72
|-
|3
|align="left"|
Avni Okumuş|317
|1983–93
|-
|4
|align="left"|
Zeynel Soyuer|290
|1959–70
|-
|5
|align="left"|
Metin DiyadinMetin Diyadin
Metin Diyadin is a football manager and retired player.-Football career:Born in Trabzon, Turkey on 2/16/1968. He started football at his hometown club, Trabzonspor and continued to play with the junior team until he was 19 years old. Later same year he signed his first professional contract with...
|286
|1988–98
|-
|6
|align="left"|
Nihat BaştürkNihat Bastürk
Nihat Baştürk is a Turkish footballer. He spent the majority of his career with Gençlerbirliği, playing 12 seasons of Super League football in Turkey. The midfielder then had a season's stint with Antalyaspor in Turkey's First League before spending a couple seasons with Second League side,...
|279
|1994–04
|-
|7
|align="left"|
Okan Gedikali|274
|1981–91
|-
|8
|align="left"|
Orhan Yüksel|235
|1975–84
|-
|9
|align="left"|
Cemalettin Sakallıoğlu|235
|1993–01
|-
|10
|align="left"|
Mehmet Şimşek|233
|1959–66
Top Goalscorers
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;"|-
!
!Player
!Goals (Caps)
!Period
|-
|1
|style="text-align:left;"|
Andre Kona N'GoleAndre Kona N'Gole
Andre Kona N'Gole Andre Kona N'Gole Andre Kona N'Gole (born 16 June 1970 in Robunbashi, Zaire (Now known as Democratic Republic of the Congo) is a Congolese football player. He started playing for Jomo Cosmos in South Africa were he was discovered by FIFA agent Marcelo Houseman who made his...
|73 (147)
|1993–01
|-
|2
|style="text-align:left;"|
Avni Okumuş|72 (317)
|1983–93
|-
|3
|style="text-align:left;"|
Orhan Yüksel|70 (235)
|1959–66
|-
|4
|style="text-align:left;"|
Ümit KaranÜmit Karan
Ümit Karan is a retired Turkish football player.He formerly played for Gençlerbirliği S.K., Ankaraspor, Galatasaray and Eskişehirspor.-Club career:...
|60 (150)
|1997–01
|-
|5
|style="text-align:left;"|
Souleymane YoulaSouleymane Youla
Souleymane Youla is a Guinean football player. He Currently Free Agent.-Career:Youla's greatest attribute is his speed and ability to pass defenders by using this aspect of his game...
|56 (134)
|2001–05
|-
|6
|style="text-align:left;"|
Muammer Nurlu|48 (150)
|1983–89
|-
|7
|style="text-align:left;"|
Zeynel Soyuer|48 (290)
|1959–70
|-
|8
|style="text-align:left;"|
Abdullah Çevrim|47 (154)
|1961–66
|-
|9
|style="text-align:left;"|
Asım GündüzAsım Gündüz
Âsım Gündüz was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army.During the Second World War he was the assistant of Chief of the General Staff Fevzi Çakmak Gündüz knew and was a friend of Wilhelm Keitel.-Sources:...
|46 (124)
|1972–78
|-
|10
|style="text-align:left;"|
Tevfik Kutlay|43 (341)
|1959–72
Managers
Yüksel Doğanay (1960–70) Oktay Arıca (1970–71) Kazım Türesin (1971–72) Yüksel Doğanay (1972–73) Fehmi Baştüzel (1973–74) Tevfik Kutlay (1975) Avni Bulduk (1975) Fehmi Baştüzel (1975–76) Avni Bulduk (1976) Oktay Arıca (1976–77) Ruhi Yavuz (1977–78) Fehmi Baştüzel (1978–81) Mümtaz Tümer (1981) Fehmi Baştüzel (1981) Enver Ürekli (1981) Teoman Yamanlar (1981–82) Kadri AytaçKadri Aytaç
Kadri Aytaç was a former Turkish football player and then manager. He played for the Beyoğluspor, Karagümrük, Galatasaray, Fenerbahçe and Mersin İdmanyurdu teams...
(1982–83) Tınaz Tırpan
Tinaz Tirpan
Tınaz Tırpan is a former coach of the Turkey national football team, Kayserispor and Fenerbahçe SK.Tırpan was appointed as Turkey coach in 1988, succeeding Mustafa Denizli...
(1983–85) Erkan Kural (1985–86) Metin Türel
Metin Türel
Metin Türel is a Turkish football coach. Türel almost coached every team in Turkey, he also coached the Turkey national football team from 1977 to 1978...
(1986–87) Hüsnü Macurni (1987) Tınaz Tırpan
Tinaz Tirpan
Tınaz Tırpan is a former coach of the Turkey national football team, Kayserispor and Fenerbahçe SK.Tırpan was appointed as Turkey coach in 1988, succeeding Mustafa Denizli...
(1987–88) Kadri Aytaç
Kadri Aytaç
Kadri Aytaç was a former Turkish football player and then manager. He played for the Beyoğluspor, Karagümrük, Galatasaray, Fenerbahçe and Mersin İdmanyurdu teams...
(1988) İbrahim Aydın (1988) Teoman Yamanlar (1988) Erkan Kural (1988–89) Gündüz Tekin Onay
Gündüz Tekin Onay
Gündüz Tekin Onay was a Turkish footballer and coach who also trained Istanbul club Beşiktaş between 1976 and 1977. He is known for his success to discover starlets and his modesty...
(1989–90) Metin Türel
Metin Türel
Metin Türel is a Turkish football coach. Türel almost coached every team in Turkey, he also coached the Turkey national football team from 1977 to 1978...
(1990) Jozef Jarabinský
Jozef Jarabinský
Jozef Jarabinský is a former Czechoslovak football player and later a football manager of Slovak origin.He played for Slovan Bratislava, Bohemians, Dukla Prague and Sparta Prague....
(1990–91) Aldoğan Argon (1991–92) Battal Tokyay (1992) Valeri Nepomniachi (1992–93) Gurban Berdiýew (1993–94) Augusto Palacios (1994) Zafer Göncüler (1994–95) Metin Türel
Metin Türel
Metin Türel is a Turkish football coach. Türel almost coached every team in Turkey, he also coached the Turkey national football team from 1977 to 1978...
(1995) Georges Heylens
Georges Heylens
Georges Heylens is a former Belgian footballer. He played with R.S.C. Anderlecht and the Belgium national football team. He took part in the match between Belgium and the Netherlands in 1964, with 10 teammates from the Anderlecht team, after the substitution of goalkeeper Delhasse by Jean...
(1995–96) Metin Türel
Metin Türel
Metin Türel is a Turkish football coach. Türel almost coached every team in Turkey, he also coached the Turkey national football team from 1977 to 1978...
(1996) Sadi Tekelioğlu (1996–97) Teoman Yamanlar (1997) Luka Peruzovic (1997) Yılmaz Vural
Yilmaz Vural
Yılmaz Vural is a Turkish football coach. He was a footballer and played as midfielder in Hacettepe and Sivasspor in 1970's. He is currently the manager of Turkish side Konyaspor....
(1997–98) Karol Pecze
Karol Pecze
Karol Pecze is a slovak football coach. Hungarian descent.He coached MŠK Žilina, Slovan Bratislava, FK DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda, Győri ETO FC, FC Nitra, Wisla Krakow, Spartak Trnava, 1. FC Košice, Genclerbirligi, Caykur Rizespor, Inter Bratislava, Panionios, Sivasspor.-External links:*...
(1998–00) Samet Aybaba
Samet Aybaba
Samet Aybaba is a Turkish football coach and former football defender.He was born in 2 March 1955 in Adana. He began football career in İskenderunspor. He transferred to Beşiktaş JK in 1977–78 season. He played as defender and midfielder in Beşiktaş JK. He capped a long-time for Beşiktaş JK. He...
(2000–01) Hasan Gül (2001) Walter Meeuws
Walter Meeuws
Walter Meeuws is a retired Belgian footballer and current manager of Egyptian Premier League side Wadi Degla.During his career he played for K. Beerschot V.A.C., Club Brugge K.V., R. Standard de Liège, AFC Ajax, K.V. Mechelen...
(2001) Erdoğan Arıca
Erdogan Arica
Erdoğan Arıca is a Turkish football manager and coach. As a footballer, he played defender. He is also the brother of the singer Soner Arıca and the nephew of Kadir İnanır.-Career:...
(2001–02) Ersun Yanal
Ersun Yanal
Ersun Yanal is a Turkish football coach and former coach of the Turkish national football team.-Early years:...
(2002–04)
Erdoğan Arıca
Erdogan Arica
Erdoğan Arıca is a Turkish football manager and coach. As a footballer, he played defender. He is also the brother of the singer Soner Arıca and the nephew of Kadir İnanır.-Career:...
(2004) Oğuz Çetin
Oguz Çetin
Oğuz Çetin was a well-known football player in the Turkish Premier Super League.-Career:Born in Adapazarı, Çetin began playing football with local side Sakaryaspor. He started to play regularly for Fenerbahçe in 1988. He became one of the franchise players for Fenerbahçe and Turkish football...
(2004) Ziya Doğan
Ziya Dogan
Ziyaettin Dogan is a Turkish football manager now employed as the manager of Ankaragücü.-Career:Dogan has played at Beşiktaş , Ankaragücü , Kocaelispor and Zeytinburnuspor...
(2004–05) Mesut Bakkal
Mesut Bakkal
Mesut Bakkal is a football manager and former midfielder who played for Denizlispor and has managed Gaziantepspor and Gençlerbirliği S.K..-Career:Born in Kırıkkale, Bakkal began playing football for local side Kırıkkalespor...
(2005–07) Fuat Çapa
Fuat Capa
Fuat Çapa is a Belgian-Turkish football manager.Çapa coached in Belgium before moving on to Turkey. His career in Belgium spanned four years as he held positions with K.V. Turnhout, K. Patro Maasmechelen, K. Beringen-Heusden-Zolder, Verbroedering Geel, and most recently VW Hamme...
(2007) Reinhard Stumpf
Reinhard Stumpf
Reinhard Stumpf is a German ex-footballer who played as a center-back and presently work as a football coach.- Career as professional footballer :...
(2007) Bülent Korkmaz
Bülent Korkmaz
Bülent Korkmaz is a retired Turkish football centre back and manager of Karabükspor. He played for Galatasaray for his whole career , where fans nicknamed him Büyük Kaptan ....
(2007–08) Mesut Bakkal
Mesut Bakkal
Mesut Bakkal is a football manager and former midfielder who played for Denizlispor and has managed Gaziantepspor and Gençlerbirliği S.K..-Career:Born in Kırıkkale, Bakkal began playing football for local side Kırıkkalespor...
(2008) Samet Aybaba
Samet Aybaba
Samet Aybaba is a Turkish football coach and former football defender.He was born in 2 March 1955 in Adana. He began football career in İskenderunspor. He transferred to Beşiktaş JK in 1977–78 season. He played as defender and midfielder in Beşiktaş JK. He capped a long-time for Beşiktaş JK. He...
(2008–09) Thomas Doll
Thomas Doll
Thomas Doll is a former footballer and coach. He is currently the Manager of Al-Hilal.- Career :...
(2009–10) Ralf Zumdick
Ralf Zumdick
Ralf Zumdick is a former German football goalkeeper. He is assistant coach of Persepolis. After his career Zumdick was assistant coach at VfL Bochum from 1995 till 1999...
(2010–2011) Fuat Çapa
Fuat Capa
Fuat Çapa is a Belgian-Turkish football manager.Çapa coached in Belgium before moving on to Turkey. His career in Belgium spanned four years as he held positions with K.V. Turnhout, K. Patro Maasmechelen, K. Beringen-Heusden-Zolder, Verbroedering Geel, and most recently VW Hamme...
(2011–present)
Presidents
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|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="1"|Name
!rowspan="1"|Years
|-
|align=left|Münif Kemal Ak
|align=left|1923–36
|-
|align=left|Saffet Gürol
|align=left|1936–43
|-
|align=left|Namık Ambarlıoğlu
|align=left|1943–44
|-
|align=left|Fevzi Magat
|align=left|1944–46
|-
|align=left|Namık Katoğlu
|align=left|1947–48
|-
|align=left|Yusuf Bahri
|align=left|1948–49
|-
|align=left|Orhan Şeref Apak
|align=left|1949–50
|-
|align=left|Reşat Taşer
|align=left|1950–52
|-
|}
|width="30"|
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="1"|Name
!rowspan="1"|Years
|-
|align=left|Nuri Togay
|align=left|1952–55
|-
|align=left|Mümtaz Tarhan
|align=left|1955–57
|-
|align=left|Ahmet Salih Korur
|align=left|1957–58
|-
|align=left|Orhan Şeref Apak
|align=left|1958–61
|-
|align=left|Turhan Ogan
|align=left|1961–63
|-
|align=left|İbrahim Sıtkı Hatipoğlu
|align=left|1964–65
|-
|align=left|Muslihittin Yılmaz Mete
|align=left|1965–66
|-
|align=left|İsmet Sezgin
|align=left|1966–67
|-
|}
|width="30"|
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="1"|Name
!rowspan="1"|Years
|-
|align=left|Hadi Özbay
|align=left|1967–68
|-
|align=left|Necip Türegen
|align=left|1968–69
|-
|align=left|Mehmet Ali Tuzcuoğlu
|align=left|1969–70
|-
|align=left|Adil Evrensel
|align=left|1970–72
|-
|align=left|Sezai Diblan
|align=left|1972–74
|-
|align=left|Hasan Şengel
|align=left|1976–77
|-
|align=left|İlhan Cavcav
Ilhan Cavcav
İlhan Cavcav is the Chairman of Gençlerbirliği Football club in Ankara, Turkey.-Personal life:Cavcav was born on October 4, 1935 in Hamamönü, Ankara Turkey. His father Haşim had 2 wives and 17 children. He owned a flour mill in Mamak and a small bakery shop...
|align=left|1977–
|-
|}